Semua Bab A Heart Given Wrong: Bab 1 - Bab 8

My words seemed to have hurt Yvonne's pride."Regret? William, the only one who'll regret anything is you!" She jabbed my nose, her voice full of contempt. "Do you think you're still the Guzman family's golden child from five years ago? Your family went bankrupt ages ago! Right now, you're just a nobody who leeches off me. "I feed you. I put clothes on your back. Asking you to kneel is just a small favor!"Beside her, Francis chimed in, "Exactly! William, don't be so ungrateful. Yvonne is the CEO of Singer Tech now. Plenty of men are lining up for a chance to marry her. If she weren't sentimental, you wouldn't even be worthy of tying her shoes."The guests around us began gossiping. "So, his family is bankrupt. No wonder he's so humble.""I thought Yvonne married into a wealthy family. Turns out she picked up deadweight.""Serves him right. He's a loser but still acts arrogant. He deserves what he's getting."Every cruel word stabbed into my ears like tiny daggers. I closed m

Francis was completely stunned. His phone slipped from his hand and hit the ground, the screen shattering instantly."Guzman Group? That Guzman Group?" His voice trembled as he looked at me, his eyes full of terror.Zoey collapsed to the ground, her face drained of all color. Her family was considered wealthy, but compared to the Guzman Group magnates, they were nothing.Guzman Group was a monster capable of shaking the global economy with a single move. Zoey dared not imagine the consequences of offending the successor of such a powerful corporation.A security guard immediately took off his jacket and draped it over my shoulders. Steve personally supported me, nodding repeatedly, his face filled with shaken relief. "Mr. Guzman, I'm so sorry. This was our failure in management. You must've been so frightened. Rest assured, we will take this matter very seriously."Ignoring him, I fixed my cold gaze on Yvonne. At that moment, there was no trace left of her earlier arrogance or s

Yvonne's eyes widened, despair and regret filling her gaze."I was wrong, Will. I know I was wrong…" she wailed. "Please, I'm begging you. For the sake of what we once had, let me go this once…""Let you go?" I loosened my grip, pulled out a photograph from my pocket, and tossed it onto her face. The picture showed me carrying Yvonne on my back when she passed out drunk in the snow five years ago."Yvonne, I gave you a chance. You destroyed it with your own hands." With that, I turned and walked out of the basement.Oswald followed behind me and asked softly, "Mr. Guzman, how would you like to deal with her next?"I stopped and looked out the window. The sky was already darkening. A cold smile played on my lips. "Isn't her business the most important thing to her? Let's help her out, then."Less than ten minutes later, global financial news outlets began reporting on Singer Tech."Breaking news! Singer Tech was hit by a mysterious financial giant. Stock crashes by 99% overni

One month later, the public street spectacle finally came to an end. Yvonne, Francis, and Zoey were handed over to the police. What awaited them was the impartial judgment of the law.I didn't attend the trial. Oswald relayed the final verdicts to me afterward. Yvonne was convicted on charges of aggravated assault, commercial fraud, and illegal fundraising, to name a few. She was sentenced to life imprisonment and permanently stripped of political rights. Francis and Zoey, as accomplices, were sentenced to 20 years and 15 years, respectively.As for the guests who had taken part in humiliating me that night, although they avoided criminal punishment, every one of them was ruined by the scandal. They would spend the rest of their lives trapped in poverty and regret.When the dust finally settled, I stood in the CEO's office on the top floor of Guzman Group Tower, looking down at the endless stream of traffic below.The office had once belonged to Dad. After I returned home, he han